Mark Gibbons Poetry Book Published
From: "FootHills Publishing"
fhp@foothillspublishing.com
FootHills Publishing is
pleased to announce the release of
Forgotten Dreams
a collection of poetry by Mark Gibbons.
Including Seven Portraits by Lee Nye
from the Eddie's Club Collection.
(Available July 21.
Free shipping if ordered by July 20.)
#3 in the Montana Poets Series 2 collection.
Edited by Craig Czury.
From the book:
LABOR DAY
It’s hard to see, so many
Grasshoppers & bumble bees
Splattered across the glass,
As I keep the ass-end
Of the logging truck
In front of me at a distance
I hope is safe. Ready to down shift,
I listen for the clatter of the jake
& wait for brake lights to flash red.
Instead, the driver slows, his chromed
Playboy bunny mud flaps show
This is a gypo-load of pecker poles
Signaling a right-hand turn
At Clearwater Junction, probably
Bound for the Seeley post plant.
We’re still half an hour from home.
The setting sun’s glare obscures
This smeared & pitted windshield
When thunder broadcasts the earthy
Smell of rain—cool—followed by
Plops of dime-sized, intermittent
Drops that blossom to an onslaught
That’s almost hail, a summer
Downpour my wipers can’t blade,
Reminding me of swimming the deep
Holes in Petty Creek as a kid, eyes wide
Open—blurry blind—trying to see.
I ease off the accelerator & ride
The ridges—avoid the ruts flowing like streams—
No edgy desire to hydroplane—I must be
Losing my testosterone. At times
It seems insane the way we live this life
Inside our ideas, building our dreams,
While we stay between the lines
& worry about numbers—obsessed with
The operation of our machines.
—for Colin
Forgotten Dreams
is an 104 page hand-sewn paperbook with spine - $16.00.
To see an image of the book, comments by other poets, the author's bio, excerpts from the preface and foreword, to read two more poems or to order on-line go to:
http://www.foothillspublishing.com/2012/id56.htm
To order through mail send total price plus $1.75 Shipping and Handling
for each address sent to.
(NYS Residents please add $1.28 Sales Tax per book)
(Available July 21.
Free shipping if ordered by July 20.)
Send orders to:
FootHills Publishing
PO Box 68
Kanona, NY 14856
-- ***************************
FootHills Publishing
In our 27th Year!
www.foothillspublishing.com
"Never Stop Asking for Poems"
Forgotten Dreams
a collection of poetry by Mark Gibbons.
Including Seven Portraits by Lee Nye
from the Eddie's Club Collection.
(Available July 21.
Free shipping if ordered by July 20.)
#3 in the Montana Poets Series 2 collection.
Edited by Craig Czury.
From the book:
LABOR DAY
It’s hard to see, so many
Grasshoppers & bumble bees
Splattered across the glass,
As I keep the ass-end
Of the logging truck
In front of me at a distance
I hope is safe. Ready to down shift,
I listen for the clatter of the jake
& wait for brake lights to flash red.
Instead, the driver slows, his chromed
Playboy bunny mud flaps show
This is a gypo-load of pecker poles
Signaling a right-hand turn
At Clearwater Junction, probably
Bound for the Seeley post plant.
We’re still half an hour from home.
The setting sun’s glare obscures
This smeared & pitted windshield
When thunder broadcasts the earthy
Smell of rain—cool—followed by
Plops of dime-sized, intermittent
Drops that blossom to an onslaught
That’s almost hail, a summer
Downpour my wipers can’t blade,
Reminding me of swimming the deep
Holes in Petty Creek as a kid, eyes wide
Open—blurry blind—trying to see.
I ease off the accelerator & ride
The ridges—avoid the ruts flowing like streams—
No edgy desire to hydroplane—I must be
Losing my testosterone. At times
It seems insane the way we live this life
Inside our ideas, building our dreams,
While we stay between the lines
& worry about numbers—obsessed with
The operation of our machines.
—for Colin
Forgotten Dreams
is an 104 page hand-sewn paperbook with spine - $16.00.
To see an image of the book, comments by other poets, the author's bio, excerpts from the preface and foreword, to read two more poems or to order on-line go to:
http://www.foothillspublishing.com/2012/id56.htm
To order through mail send total price plus $1.75 Shipping and Handling
for each address sent to.
(NYS Residents please add $1.28 Sales Tax per book)
(Available July 21.
Free shipping if ordered by July 20.)
Send orders to:
FootHills Publishing
PO Box 68
Kanona, NY 14856
-- ***************************
FootHills Publishing
In our 27th Year!
www.foothillspublishing.com
"Never Stop Asking for Poems"
